tógáil

See also: togail

Irish

Alternative forms

tógbháil (obsolete)
tóigeáil (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Middle Irish tócbáil, verbal noun of do·fócaib (“lifts up, raises”); further from Old Irish tocbál. By surface analysis, tóg +‎ -áil, but etymologically tóg is a back-formation from tógáil.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠoːˈɡɑːlʲ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠoːɡɑːlʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠoːɡælʲ/^[1]

Noun

tógáil f (genitive singular tógála, nominative plural tógálacha)

verbal noun of tóg
lifting
construction

Declension

Declension of tógáil (third declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	tógáil	tógálacha
vocative	a thógáil	a thógálacha
genitive	tógála	tógálacha
dative	tógáil	tógálacha

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an tógáil	na tógálacha
genitive	na tógála	na dtógálacha
dative	leis an tógáil don tógáil	leis na tógálacha

Derived terms

comhla thógála (“trap-door”)
droichead tógála (“drawbridge”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *tógáil*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
tógáil	thógáil	dtógáil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 379, page 127